Fuel Price Hike: Presidency Hits Back At NLC’s Joe Ajaero For Political Bias

Fuel Price Hike: Presidency Hits Back At NLC’s Joe Ajaero For Political Bias

The Presidency has responded to accusations made by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, who claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu betrayed labor leaders by increasing the petrol pump price.

Ajaero alleged in a statement that labor agreed to the N70,000 national minimum wage under the understanding that the Federal Government would not raise the price of PMS.

In response, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, took to his verified X handle, @Abdulfagge, to refute Ajaero’s allegations. Abdulaziz, who was present at the last two meetings between President Tinubu and labor leaders, asserted that there was never an offer made to prevent a fuel price hike.

Describing Ajaero’s claims as “dirty politics” intended to manipulate the emotions of Nigerians, Abdulaziz wrote, “I sat through the two meetings President @officialABAT had with labor leaders on minimum wage. At neither of the meetings was an offer made in exchange for the fuel price hike. Ajaero is once again playing his dirty politics with the emotions of Nigerians.”